Endless Thread

By WBUR and Reddit

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Endless Thread, a new podcast from WBUR and Reddit, delves into Reddit’s vast communities to explore some of the most compelling stories the internet has to offer.

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Geedis

08.22.2019

What is Geedis? This is the question that thousands of internet sleuths have been trying to answer for more than two years. The strange, furry character and his buddies in The Land of Ta have remained a mystery of 80’s ...

Endless Thread episodes:

08.22.2019 Geedis What is Geedis? This is the question that thousands of internet sleuths have been trying to answer for more than two years. The strange, furry character and his buddies in The Land of Ta have remained a mystery of 80’s ...
08.16.2019 Snacktime: Into The Woods This Snacktime episode takes us to the woods, with revenge-filled confessions and mysterious sounds...
08.08.2019 Gone Wild Audio Audio erotica is blowing up right now, from Silicon Valley-backed startups to the rise of ASMR -- not to mention a huge growth in podcasts. But the hub for audio erotica can be found on Reddit in a community of ...
08.01.2019 Snacktime: LSD And Hot Sauce Ben and Josh trade favorite Reddit stories about an Englishman whose bad LSD trip leads to a months-long French charade and a job seeker whose interview tactics leave him spitting fire...but not in a good way.
07.25.2019 The Amber Room Once considered “the eighth wonder of the world,” the Amber Room was a treasure of kings and architectural marvel before being stolen by Nazis and lost to history. So…what happened? It all depends on who you ask.
07.22.2019 Bonus: Dad Bods And Guppies Remember in January when we talked about New Year's resolutions in our 'Get Motivated' episode? Well, 2019 is half over, so Ben and Amory give an update on their progress.
07.18.2019 Snacktime: Sharks And Aliens SNACK ATTACK! I mean... SHARK ATTACK! I mean, BOTH. Another snack-sized episode for you, complete with shark attacks, the story of a chilling shipwreck, and whatever the heck is happening in Area 51. Boston-area listeners, join the Endless Thread team ...
07.11.2019 Pile Of Crockery The thrilling conclusion to an internet mystery surrounding a massive pile of dishware in the middle of the woods.
06.27.2019 We Want Plates! A Redditor stumbles upon a huge pile of plates in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. Reddit sleuths across the globe try to figure out where the plates are located and how they got there. Endless Thread embarks on an epic journey ...
06.24.2019 Endless Thread Presents: Pride Stories From 'Kind World' In honor of Pride month, the Endless Thread team shares a pair of stories from another WBUR podcast -- Kind World. Co-hosts Yasmin Amer and Andrea Asuaje tell stories about the profound impact an act of kindness can have on ...
06.20.2019 Snacktime: In A Pickle Snacktime returns with the story of a Redditor who got into quite the sticky situation. All he needed to get unstuck was a captive Reddit audience…and a jar of pickles.
06.13.2019 Shipwrecked When someone close to you dies, it can be a struggle to feel normal again – and to have people TREAT you normally again. When T.J.’s long-time partner died suddenly in 2017, she found a sense of normalcy and healing ...
05.30.2019 Infectious, Pt. 5: Talk To Me At the end of the day, our species only survives if we can communicate. In our fifth and final episode of "Infectious," we hear from those whose lives have been irrevocably altered by vaccines and learn about a radically simple ...
05.23.2019 Infectious, Pt. 4: Anatomy Of An Outbreak Even considering the winding road of scientific advancement and the new expressway that is the internet, what the heck happened in Clark County? With reporting from the ground in Washington and Oregon, we take the fourth episode of our vaccine ...
05.16.2019 Infectious, Pt. 3: Going Viral You can’t tell the story of today’s anti-vaccine — or “vaccine hesitant”— movement without telling a story of technology and social media. Part 3 of our "Infectious" series looks at the spread of anti-vaccine messaging online and how the Internet ...
05.03.2019 Infectious, Pt. 2: The Flintstone Dilemma There was a time when the measles were common enough to be a source of comedy on TV shows like "The Flintstones." So how did we go from joking about the measles to reports on the news about a growing ...
05.03.2019 Infectious, Pt. 1: Scabs, Pus, And Puritans The problem with being healthy is that you completely forget what it feels like to be sick. In 2019, many people assume that the history of vaccination is recent history -- maybe a few centuries of innovation starting in the ...
04.26.2019 'Endless Thread' Presents: 'Infectious' "Endless Thread" presents "Infectious: The Strange Past and Surprising Present of Vaccines – and Anti-Vaxxers."
04.26.2019 Bonus: Jon Favreau, Live At CitySpace T-minus one week until Endless Thread returns with new episodes! In the meantime, let's talk politics -- because Ben recently interviewed Jon Favreau, co-host of "Pod Save America" and former speechwriter for President Barack Obama, live onstage at WBUR's CitySpace. ...
04.12.2019 Bonus: Endless Thrones In advance of the season 8 premiere of HBO's "Game of Thrones," we talk to one of the head moderators of r/gameofthrones and to a couple of in-house GOT nerds to hear some of their fan theories and predictions for ...
03.29.2019 Encore: Pitch Perfect In celebration of the start of the MLB season, we revisit our baseball-themed episode from last year, featuring everything from Snoop Dogg... to a very unlucky mourning dove.
02.13.2019 Remix: Four Love Stories From The Wild World Of Reddit In honor of Valentine's Day, we took our favorite love stories from previous episodes and created one epic love-centric monster mix. xoxo
02.01.2019 Encore: And... It's Good! Hey football fans, ever heard of the Chicago Bears Principle? How about Winter Magic? Or the UFL? In this Super Bowl-themed episode, Redditors educate us on the stats, the halftime history books, and tackle football on wheels.
01.29.2019 Bonus: Harvard Astronomer On Why Aliens Aren't Just Science Fiction Superstar astronomer Avi Loeb discusses mysteries surrounding the interstellar space object known as 'Oumuamua, why it could be a probe sent by an alien civilization, and how the scientific community should be more willing to acknowledge and embrace uncertainty.
01.24.2019 Stuck Between The Rock and Deep Space News of a mysterious interstellar object flying through our solar system inspired Redditors to collaboratively pen a perfectly cheesy sci-fi action movie. And now, we bring that movie to life as an audio drama. Presenting... "Stuck Between The Rock and ...
01.22.2019 Coming Soon... Our Sci-Fi Radio Drama This Friday, Endless Thread releases one of its wackiest, most ambitious episodes yet: a sci-fi radio drama based on a movie script, based on a Reddit thread about a mysterious interstellar object. Hold on to your butts...
01.17.2019 Cupcake Chris and Kim have been married for 13 years and things have been going really, really well. So well, in fact, that they wondered... what's next? Their answer: consensual non-monogamy. They think of their additional sexual partners as "cupcakes," sweet ...
01.16.2019 Bonus: R. Kelly Vs. The Savages The release of Lifetime's 6-part documentary series "Surviving R. Kelly" has sparked new conversations about the R&B singer -- at the water cooler, on social media, and of course, on Reddit. This episode comes to us from WBUR's "Edge of ...
01.10.2019 Get Motivated Jared Wells was ready to accept death just one year ago. But a year in the gym with a bodybuilding legend has totally changed his perspective on life... and his body, of course. Plus, Ben and Amory share their 2019 ...
01.03.2019 Encore: Something Wicked "Our landlord isn't letting me talk to you, but it's important we do." This text was written on one of several creepy post-it notes that mysteriously appeared in Redditor u/RBradbury1920's apartment. Who wrote them? Why? And how were they getting ...
12.28.2018 Encore: That Old Chestnut One of the nuttiest stories of near extinction and resurrection ever seen in the United States. It involves genetic engineering, warring factions of tree enthusiasts, and a mysterious, destructive power that started at the Bronx Zoo.
12.20.2018 Humans Being Bros A Santa who went above and beyond. Emotionally-exhausted parents who received a well-timed helping hand. A surprising invention that warms the heart... and body. We celebrate the season of giving by highlighting some of the kindness shared on Reddit -- ...
12.13.2018 All You Can Eat Chicken patrol. Tiny plates. Purses lined with plastic bags. We peek behind the curtain of the strange world of all-you-can-eat buffets, from the strategies buffet owners use to protect their profits, to the hungry customers who try to game the ...
12.07.2018 The Deadly Double A Redditor finds a mysterious dice game in his grandparents’ basement. It reads “The Deadly Double: A Game to Play at Your Own Risk.” The Endless Thread team helps him investigate the game and finds surprising connections to Pearl Harbor, ...
11.30.2018 Grateful Doe An unidentified man died in a car crash in 1995 with Grateful Dead ticket stubs in his pocket. Twenty years later, Reddit sleuths helped solve the case of the “Grateful Doe.”
11.21.2018 Encore: The GOAT The Italian cyclist Gino Bartali could rightfully be called "the GOAT" -- the Greatest of All Time -- for his athletic achievements alone. But in this episode, we tip our hats to him as a humanitarian. During World War II, ...
11.16.2018 Dear Anon What do Bill Gates, finding your soul mate, and charting a new life path have in common? Reddit Gifts! The world's largest anonymous gift exchange has led to some unexpected outcomes.
11.09.2018 Brain Melt Redditor Stephanie Graham started feeling a bit off in the third trimester of her pregnancy. Then, things got weird. Really weird.
11.01.2018 The Greatest Squirt Gun Ever Built One of the bestselling toys of all-time, the Super Soaker, was invented by a rocket scientist nicknamed "The Professor." This is the story of the man, the legend: Lonnie Johnson.
10.29.2018 Bonus: Magic Mushrooms With Michael Pollan Author Michael Pollan talks about all things magic mushrooms, including their potential for upending the brain's hierarchy and helping people cope with death.
10.25.2018 Screamtime: Zombie Fungus Imagine a fungus that could infiltrate your whole body, turn you into a puppet, and grow right out of the top of your head. Actually, you don't have to imagine it -- IT'S REAL. It's called Cordyceps, and fortunately, it ...
10.18.2018 Screamtime: Roof Man Paranormal activity has haunted Darcy throughout her life. But it wasn’t until a nighttime ritual with her daughter turned spooky that she wondered what else might be at play.
10.16.2018 Bonus: Australian Scientist Offers First-Hand Account Of Steve Irwin's Tragic Death Australian scientist Jamie Seymour was friends with the famous "Crocodile Hunter," Steve Irwin. He was even there when Irwin was fatally stung by a stingray in 2006. Jamie sat down with Ben to reflect on that experience and Irwin's legacy.
10.11.2018 Screamtime: Doom Jelly Imagine sitting in a hospital room for 24 consecutive hours in the most agonizing pain you can possibly imagine. You feel a sense of impending doom. You have a feeling this won’t end well. Then, the pain subsides and you ...
10.05.2018 Screamtime: Haunted House, Holy Water When Alex was in high school, he and his best friend used to break into abandoned houses. Alex was a tough guy, giving people hell. Until one night, in one of those abandoned houses... hell gave him something back.
09.28.2018 Turning Hate Into Humor An elite unit of trolls is engaged in an existential battle against hate speech on the internet. This is their story.
09.24.2018 Snacktime: 'Last Seen' Edition We’re popping into your feed to share a project we think you’ll love. It’s a new podcast called “Last Seen,” about the largest unsolved art heist in history -- the theft of 13 irreplaceable pieces of art from Boston's Isabella ...
09.20.2018 The Great Mattress Conspiracy Why are there so many Mattress Firm stores? How did they end up catty-corner across intersections and in the same shopping centers? Are the mattresses full of money? Reddit users start to dig deeper into these Mattress Firm conspiracy theories, ...
09.14.2018 Rome, Sweet Rome Could a unit of Marines destroy the entire Roman Empire if they traveled back in time? That is the question that inspired the now-legendary Reddit thread that turned James Erwin from an anonymous commenter into a Hollywood screenwriter. His once-in-a-lifetime ...
09.06.2018 Tim From Texas Tim Rose was driving home in February 2015 when he got into a car accident. He was mostly fine, though he went to the hospital just to be safe. That's where things took a turn. He turned to Reddit for ...

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Endless Thread episodes:

Geedis

Snacktime: Into The Woods

Gone Wild Audio

Snacktime: LSD And Hot Sauce

The Amber Room

Bonus: Dad Bods And Guppies

Snacktime: Sharks And Aliens

Pile Of Crockery

We Want Plates!

Endless Thread Presents: Pride Stories From 'Kind World'

Snacktime: In A Pickle

Shipwrecked

Infectious, Pt. 5: Talk To Me

Infectious, Pt. 4: Anatomy Of An Outbreak

Infectious, Pt. 3: Going Viral

Infectious, Pt. 2: The Flintstone Dilemma

Infectious, Pt. 1: Scabs, Pus, And Puritans

'Endless Thread' Presents: 'Infectious'

Bonus: Jon Favreau, Live At CitySpace

Bonus: Endless Thrones

Encore: Pitch Perfect

Remix: Four Love Stories From The Wild World Of Reddit

Encore: And... It's Good!

Bonus: Harvard Astronomer On Why Aliens Aren't Just Science Fiction

Stuck Between The Rock and Deep Space

Coming Soon... Our Sci-Fi Radio Drama

Cupcake

Bonus: R. Kelly Vs. The Savages

Get Motivated

Encore: Something Wicked

Encore: That Old Chestnut

Humans Being Bros

All You Can Eat

The Deadly Double

Grateful Doe

Encore: The GOAT

Dear Anon

Brain Melt

The Greatest Squirt Gun Ever Built

Bonus: Magic Mushrooms With Michael Pollan

Screamtime: Zombie Fungus

Screamtime: Roof Man

Bonus: Australian Scientist Offers First-Hand Account Of Steve Irwin's Tragic Death

Screamtime: Doom Jelly

Screamtime: Haunted House, Holy Water

Turning Hate Into Humor

Snacktime: 'Last Seen' Edition

The Great Mattress Conspiracy

Rome, Sweet Rome

Tim From Texas

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